MEAL Officer

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer

War Child is an independent and impartial international non-governmental child rights organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. With a focus on child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, we strive to empower children and young people, while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict-affected children and young people. War Child has been working in the oPt since 2006, and has offices in Jerusalem, Hebron, the Jordan Valley, and Gaza. 

Objective 

The purpose of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer position is to lead the implementation of MEAL processes in country. This includes assuring proper monitoring of the implemented projects and general context, quality and timely reporting of the projects’ indicators, strengthening the accountability to beneficiaries, and supporting the learning and capacity-building processes.

The MEAL Officer reports directly to the Country MEAL Lead/Specialist. S/he works closely with all staff of the Programme Department, Project/Programme Coordinators and Officers, Technical Specialists, as well as local project partners and communities. S/he helps ensure that the MEAL processes and systems meet the needs of programs, donors, implementers and beneficiaries. This is a field position with the majority of time spent in field locations across oPt as well as handling assigned FCRM cases. 

Role in the organization

Title: MEAL Officer

Job Location: West Bank (availability in Hebron or Nablus offices), with 60% fieldwork.

Starting date: Immediately

Duration of employment: One year with three months’ probation period starting from January 2022 (renewable based on good performance and funding availability)

Result areas 

1. Monitoring and Evaluation standards, guidelines, methods and tools 

- Collaborates with the Porgramme team in designing data collection tools, database systems as and when required

- Follows up on and supports the data collection, analysis and reporting required by the M&E frameworks of projects to measure the progress and impact of the project’s activities in relation to the indicators

- Ensures that all field data is being collected in a timely and efficient manner while emphasizing accuracy and quality

- Conducts qualitative data collection through frequent visits to the field and have focused and well-structured discussions with the program participants, including children

- Assure that context changes and program data are properly and frequently being communicated to senior management to facilitate decision making and adaptive management. 

1. Quality of Management Information System

- Reports on any identified shortfalls in M&E and follows up on proposed solutions

- Support conducting quarter Data Quality Assessments.

- Assure that the MEAL systems are well updated as per the guidelines and plans.

- Work with the program team to assure proper analysis and reflection of MEAL data in the reports.

1. Internal and External Collaboration and Support 

- Supports program staff and local partners in the implementation of M&E tools

- Participates in meetings with program staff to reflect on findings and agree on action plans. 

- Support MEAL capacity building initiatives for program and partner teams 

- Work with the program team on identifying and documenting the learnings

1. Accountability to Beneficiaries

- Lead the implementation of the Feedback, Complaint and Response Mechanisms (FCRM) 

- Assure proper documentation and referral of FCRM cases to focal points

- Provide monthly and quarter FCRM reports indicating the main themes and the quality of the mechanism

- Initiate quarter discussions with vulnerable communities and targeted participants to reflect on their needs and priorities